Pipe-holder.



No. 659,802. Patented Oct. l6, I900. C. BOHLFS.

PIPE HOLDER.

[Application filed Aug. 24, 1900.)

(N0 Medal.)

who mares Am T FFICE- CHARLES ROHLFS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

PIPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,802, dated October16, 1900. Application filed August 24, 1900. Serial No. 27,950. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern/.7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES ROHLFS, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of B offalo, Erie county, State of New York, have inventedcer'tain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Holders; and my preferredmanner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the followingfu11,clear, and exact description,terminating with claims particularlyspecifying the novelty.

This invention relates to advertising, and more especially that class ofdevices thereunder known as display-cards, which employ a loop; and theobject of the same is to produce an improved pipe-holder for supportingsmoking-pipes when not in use.

To this end the invention consists in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed and as more particularly illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherem- Figure l is afront elevation ofmyimproved pipe-holder. Fig. 2 is a' horizontal section through thesame, showing two loops holding pipes in position. Fig. 3 is a similarsection showing the backing as slightly removed and the loop as drawnout, so as to permit the entry of the stem of a pipe.

In the drawings, 1 is the body, here shown in design as following thecontour of the face of his satanic majesty, with the horns, eyes, nose,mouth, and goatee, although I do not wish to be limited to this form ofdesign. Mechanically, the body 1 has an eye 2 at its upper end wherebyit can be suspended. The thickness of the body is considerable and itsmaterial is preferably wood, and pasted or otherwise secured to its rearface is a backing 3, as of coarse canvas. The body is intended to besupported against the wall, in which position the backing will preventabrasion of the wall-paper, and the design of the face of the body willbe ornamental and odd.

Coming now more particularly to the present invention, said body isprovided with cavities 5 in its rear face, preferably produced by boringinto said face with an ordinary bit, and from each of said cavities twoholes 6 are continued forward through the front face of the body. Anelastic cord 7 is now brought into use and bent, as at 8, at its center,which lies against the front face of the body, while its arms extendback through said holesG and are formed, as at 9, into a knot which lieswithin the cavity 5 beneath the backing 3.

10 designates a handle, which in the pres ent instance consists of anornamental piece of silk braid or otherinelastic material looped at itscenter around the bend 8 of the elastic and having its extremities 11projecting freely beyond the front face of the base.

In operation the user grasps the cord by its extremities 11 and draws,upon it until the bend 8 of the elastic 7 is pulled away from the frontface of the body 1, and then the stem 24 of an ordinary smoking-pipe 25is inserted within the loop or bend 8 bowl downward and the handle isreleased, so that the elastic clamps the stem against the body and holdsthe pipe in such position that the nicotin will run into the bowlinstead of accumulating in the stem. When it is again desired to use thepipe, it may be forcibly withdrawn from position, or the handle mayfirst be manipulated, so as to release the clamping effect of theelastic. The fact that there are two holes 6 in the body prevents thebend 8 of the elastic from drawing through the same, and the existenceof the cavity 5 in the back of the body I consider of especial advantagein that the knot is housed within said cavity beneath the backing andthe tension of the elastic can be increased from time to time withoutdifficulty.

Although I have illustrated and described this device as useful forsupporting smokingpipes, it will be clear that it can be utilized as adisplay-rack for other articles which it is desired to hold temporarilyagainst a body that is supported upon the wall. However, by reason ofthe thickness of the body and the specific construction of parts Iconsider the article herein set forth especially adapted to the purposenamed.

WVhat is claimed as new is 1. A holder for pipes and the like consistingof a relatively-thick body having a suspension device at its upper endand provided in its rear face with a number of cavities with a pair ofholes continuing each cavity through the body to the front face of thelatter; combined with a bent elastic whose center stands over said frontface and whose arms pass through said holes and are knotted Within saidcavity, and ahandleattach ed to the *bend'ofthe elastic. V

2. A holder for pipes and the like consisting of a relatively-thick bodyhaving a suspension device at its upperend and provided in its rear facewith a number of cavities with a pair of holes continuing each cavitythrough the body to the front face tr the latter; combined with a bentelastic whose'cen-f ter stands over said front face and whose arms passthrough said holes and are knot-' ted within said cavity, a handleattached to; the bend of the elastic, and a backing secured to the rearface of the body and clos-' ing all the cavities therein.

3. A holder for pipes and 'the like consist-1 ing of a relatively-thickbody having a sus-? pension device at its upper end andpro'vided 1 inits rear face with a number of cavities with a pair of holes continuingeach cavity through the body to the front face of thelatter; combinedwith a bent elastic Whose center stands over said front face and Whosearms pass through said holes and are knotted within said cavity, abacking covering the rear face of the body and closing all the cavities,and for each elastic a handle consist-

